How to Use Your Calendar as a Template

Do you have a Teamup Calendar that works really well for a project, team, group, or other need? With Teamup’s duplication feature, you can use your own calendar as a template to create another calendar with the same basic structure already in place. Then you can adapt and scale the duplicated calendar as needed.

Duplicate a calendar as a template

When you use your calendar as a template, the sub-calendars and basic configuration (including custom fields) are included in the duplicate:

• If you have a project calendar that works really well, you can use it as a template: Just create a duplicate calendar when you’re ready to start a new project.
• Or perhaps you lead a team at work and your colleague wants to create a similar calendar structure for her team. You can allow her to use your calendar as a template.

Calendar events and sharing settings are not duplicated. So your data is kept safe. Just be sure there is nothing confidential (e.g. client name, project ID) in your sub-calendar titles or custom fields.

How to duplicate a calendar

Method 1: Calendar settings

This method is only for the calendar admin to create another calendar you will own from the template calendar. So if you need a new project calendar, for example, you could use your current project calendar as a template to make setting up faster and easier.

1. Go to Settings > General Settings.
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the General Settings dialog to the Duplicate Calendar section.
3. Click the Duplicate button.

Configure and confirm the duplication. More details here.

Method 2: Template calendar link

This method allows you to let others use your calendar as a template for creating their own new Teamup calendar. So if a colleague at work wants to use your team calendar as a guide, you can give her a Template link so she can duplicate the structure you have in place.

1. In your calendar, go to Settings > Sharing.
2. Click Add User.
3. Expand the Link section and click Add.
4. In the Name field, enter Template as the link name.
5. Scroll down to the Calendars Shared section. 
6. Choose All calendars.
7. Apply Read-only permission.
8. Click the green Save button.

To use the Template calendar link:

• Copy the calendar key and append it to the end of this link: https://teamup.com/calendars?template=
• Copy and paste the entire link into a browser tab to duplicate the calendar. You will be taken to a Calendar Creation screen.
• Click the green Create button. The original calendar structure will be duplicated in the new calendar created.

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